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Extending a Request - Renew an Allocation

New Portal Users

This page describes the use of our new HPC portal, at present ONLY members of Public Research Organisations have access.
If you are NOT with a Public Research Organisation please continue using my.nesi.org, see Logging In for further instructions.

Allocations on Mahuika and Freezer have an end date. To keep using an allocation past that date, ask for a new end date in the REANNZ HPC Portal. To make an allocation bigger or smaller, change its limits.

These are two separate requests, approved by different people. To renew and grow an allocation, make both.

Renew your existing project

To renew a project, use the steps on this page. Do not ask for a new project through a group invitation link. That creates a new project with a new project code.

Before you start

  • You need a role on the project. See your roles in the HPC Portal.
  • Make your request before the current end date. The portal does not accept an end date in the past, and an allocation may be removed once its end date has passed.
  • Request well ahead. Do not wait for a reminder.

Order an allocation

If you wish to both extend the allocation end date and increase one or more of your allocations (e.g. compute or storage) you can order a new allocation.

  1. Log in to https://hpc-portal.reannz.co.nz with Sign in with Tuakiri. See logging in to the HPC Portal.
  2. Open the resource: go to Projects, open your project, click the Resources tab and select the blue Add button
  3. Choose the offering, for example Mahuika in the HPC category.
  4. Next to the resource name, click Suggest name.
  5. Enter the limits, start date and end date,then submit the order.

The order goes to an organisation owner at your institution for approval. REANNZ then reviews it and makes recommendations if need be. The allocation is created once that review is complete.

Extend the end date

If you do not require an increase of your current allocations but merely require additional time you can request a new end date. Project managers and project members can ask for a new end date. An organisation owner at your institution approves it.

  1. Log in to https://hpc-portal.reannz.co.nz with Sign in with Tuakiri. See logging in to the HPC Portal.
  2. Open the resource: go to Projects, open your project, click the Resources tab and select the allocation.
  3. Select the allocation you wish to extend and click Actions, then Request end date change.
  4. In Requested end date, pick the new end date.
  5. In Comment, explain why you need the extension. Whoever reviews it sees only the date and your comment, so include:
    • what the allocation is used for;
    • your recent usage, for example compute used against the limit;
    • what you expect to need over the new period.
  6. Click Send for Approval.

The request appears on the resource's End date change requests tab. The Pending list shows open requests and All shows past ones.

Change allocation limits

If instead you only wish to increase a resource allocation while maintaining the current end date you can make a limit change request. Project managers can change limits, such as compute or storage. Project members cannot; ask your project manager.

  1. Log in to https://hpc-portal.reannz.co.nz with Sign in with Tuakiri. See logging in to the HPC Portal.
  2. Open the resource: go to Projects, open your project, click the Resources tab and select the allocation.
  3. Click Actions, then Change limits.
  4. The Change resource limits dialog shows each component with its Usage and Current limit. Enter the New limit for each component you want to change.
  5. Click Request for a change.

The change goes to your organisation for approval. REANNZ then reviews it and makes recommendations if need be. The new limits apply once that review is complete.

After you send a request

  • An organisation owner at your institution reviews the request and approves or rejects it.
  • When approved, the new end date applies at once. There is no further step.
  • When rejected, the end date does not change.
  • Check the End date change requests tab on the resource to see the outcome.

If you are an organisation owner, see Approving requests.

If you see Set termination date instead of Request end date change, you are an organisation owner and can set the date directly.

If you do not know who approves requests at your institution, or the request is waiting too long, Contact our Support Team.

Allocation size limits

Allocations are subject to the size and duration limits in force at the time, and to approval by your institution. See Project Extensions and New Allocations on Existing Projects for more details.

The HPC Portal is built on Waldur. Its user guide covers resource end date changes in more depth. Some screens in that guide may differ from the REANNZ HPC Portal.